Table 6.

Correlation between apoptotic sperm biomarkers and seminal biochemical biomarkers

	CK	LDH	AChE	Fe	CA	P
AO/EB staining assay
Normal spz (%)	NS	NS	NS	r=−0.372 p=0.02	NS	NS
Early apoptotic spz (%)	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Tardif apoptotic spz (%)	NS	NS	NS	r=0.377 p=0.004	NS	NS
Necrotic spz (%)	NS	NS	r=0.274 p=0.0032	r=0.262 p=0.038	NS	NS
Caspase assay
Casp+/PI− (%)	NS	NS	r=0.247 p=0.031	NS	r=−0.270 p=0.038	NS
Casp+/PI+ (%)	NS	NS	r=0.224 p=0.046	NS	r=0.304 p=0.019	NS
Casp−/PI+ (%)	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS

Statistical analysis was performed using the Spearman rank-order correlation test

NS not significant, spz spermatozoa

^aSignificant difference with control group (p<0.05)

^bHighly significant difference with control group (p<0.01)